IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166883 accession number: MAR.M.180-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Agate, gilt metal and enamels; the egg-shaped bowl, with a rat's tail on its back, is carved of agate coloured in green, brown, red and cream. The octagonal agate handle is mounted in gilt metal, which is decorated with bands of enamel flowers in green, yellow and red. object type: agate, gilt metal and enamels; agate egg-shaped bowl and octagonal handle with enamelled gilt metal mounts title: spoon NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166883 SUBJECTS ------------------- flower flower TECHNIQUES ---------- The bowl and handle were carved. The mounts were engraved, gilt and enamelled, and pinned or glued to the bowl and handle carving CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 13.4